rook

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birds, Board gamesrookrook /rʊk/ noun [countable] 1 HBBa large black European bird like a crow2 DGBone of the pieces in a game of chess SYN castleExamples from the Corpusrook• He was not a fighting mole, but something in him made him change his course and start suddenly after the rook.• And she could hear the rooks cawing too.• The rook made them both, giving the Raptors their first lead since 47-46.• Swallows whipped low across the fields, while rooks flew clumsily towards their high nests.• Black feels constrained by the threat of xe8 to capture the white rook which has been en prise for nine consecutive moves.• The game was adjourned after 63 moves, with Speelman trying to win with rook and bishop against rook and pawn.Origin rook 1. Old English hroc2. (1200-1300) Old French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian

单词	rook
释义	rook From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birds, Board gamesrookrook /rʊk/ noun [countable] 1 HBBa large black European bird like a crow2 DGBone of the pieces in a game of chess SYN castleExamples from the Corpusrook• He was not a fighting mole, but something in him made him change his course and start suddenly after the rook.• And she could hear the rooks cawing too.• The rook made them both, giving the Raptors their first lead since 47-46.• Swallows whipped low across the fields, while rooks flew clumsily towards their high nests.• Black feels constrained by the threat of xe8 to capture the white rook which has been en prise for nine consecutive moves.• The game was adjourned after 63 moves, with Speelman trying to win with rook and bishop against rook and pawn.Origin rook 1. Old English hroc2. (1200-1300) Old French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian
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